LibGuides: Public Administration: Governmental information

Governmental information

InView Essential (Kluwer Navigator)
Inview Essential, formerly Kluwer Navigator, gives access to full text Dutch legislation, case law and commentaries on all fields of law. It also has a substantial archive.
Access to Inview Essential via SURFconext. Click Inloggen and select the option Student/Medewerker. You will be asked for your ERNA-ID.
Date range:
1815 - present for Dutch legislation
1914 - present for case law
Related databases: Opmaat; Rechtsorde; Legal Intelligence
Sdu OpMaat
Full text government publications, Dutch legislation, issuing of rules, case law, European legislation and articles from Sdu legal journals on case law.
Legislation, issuing rules, case law and commentaries on specific fields of law such as, health law (Opmaat BOPZ), labour law (Opmaat Arbeidsrecht), company law (Opmaat Ondernemingsrecht), family law (Opmaat Personen- en familierecht) and criminal law (Opmaat Strafrecht).

Date range: Governmental publications from 1995 - present
Related databases: NDFR, NDSZ
Overheid.nl
Official access point to information about and from the government and governmental organizations of the Netherlands. Main language: Dutch, some parts are translated in English.

SIGLA (States and Institutions of Governance in Latin America)
SIGLA is an online multilingual database that freely provides information on legal and political institutions in Latin America. By democratizing access to these data, SIGLA facilitates the generation of knowledge and increases the transparency of governance in the region.

Policy Commons
Policy Commons is a platform for grey literature. The module 'Global Think Tanks' has objective, fact-based research from the world’s leading policy experts, nonpartisan think tanks, IGOs and NGOs. The module 'World Cities' has millions of rare and hard-to-find reports, surveys, and research reports from cities and local urban agencies around the world. Until December 2025 we also provide trial access to the module 'Local Governments.'
Find documents by and information about as the World Health Organization, the Council of Europe, Amnesty International, and the AEI (American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research). Special attention is given to capture content from local governments from the Global South.